India 10,000 doctors strike,  10,000 stranded as more pilots join Air India strike
Medical services were paralyzed across an eastern Indian state Tuesday by a one-day strike by thousands of doctors demanding better security after one of their colleagues was killed by a group of prisoners.

Bhudeo Singh, a prison doctor in Gopalganj district, was fatally beaten after he refused to issue fake certificates to seven prisoners stating they were too ill to be moved to another jail.

Local police Superintendent K.S. Anupam said the prisoners were resisting the transfer.

More than 10,000 doctors in state-run hospitals and health clinics stayed away from work Tuesday to demand more security for doctors working in dangerous conditions.

Health clinics were closed and hospital outpatient departments were deserted.